Distinguishing (the) Right from Wrong: Knowledge, Curriculum, and Intellectual Responsibility

Autor/inn/en	Lawless, Brandi; Rudick, C. Kyle; Golsan, Kathryn
Titel	Distinguishing (the) Right from Wrong: Knowledge, Curriculum, and Intellectual Responsibility
Quelle	In: Communication Education, 68 (2019) 4, S.481-495 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0363-4523
DOI	10.1080/03634523.2019.1645871
Schlagwörter	Curriculum Development; Academic Freedom; Ideology; Institutional Mission; Quality Control; Public Opinion; Credibility; College Faculty; Neoliberalism; Critical Theory; Expertise; Figurative Language; Political Attitudes; Scholarship; Intellectual Development; School Responsibility; College Role + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Akademische Freiheit; Ideologie; Qualitätskontrolle; Öffentliche Meinung; Glaubwürdigkeit; Fakultät; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Kritische Theorie; Expert appraisal; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Scholarships; Stipendium; Mental development; Geistige Entwicklung
Abstract	Given the political Right's attacks on U.S. academics as too liberal, we broach questions about knowledge production and curriculum development. We first explore how the Right has used arguments for freedom of speech and ideological diversity to undermine higher education's mission in the hope of polluting the public sphere with ideas that are deeply erroneous and destructive. We then describe the mission of higher education to serve as a "quality control" mechanism for ideas in the public sphere and reaffirm the importance of "academic freedom" in safeguarding that mission. We end by calling for communication and instruction scholars in particular, and academics in general, to safeguard their academic expertise against "Post-Truth" attacks. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01